Summary of Required Solicitation Documents.pdf

SUMMARY OF REQUIRED SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS

PART 1: TECHNICAL PROPOSAL (RESPONSES TO TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA)

Offerors shall respond to the following technical criteria:

1) Offeror shall provide information that clearly demonstrates how each requirement (sub-criterion below) will be met and/or has the following capabilities:

A) Have at least five (5) years of plumbing industry experience in the preventative maintenance and repair of backflow preventer equipment and associated controls.

B) Demonstrate previous experience with - Work at height work to be in accordance with

OSHA.

2) Current/Past Experience

Offeror shall provide information to facilitate FRA’s consideration of its corporate experience. FRA is most interested in examples of real work with actual results of the offeror in performing requirements similar to those of this solicitation in terms of size, scope, and complexity. Thus, offeror shall provide at least three (3) project experiences completed within the past five (5) years that are of similar type, size, scope, and complexity as described in the solicitation documents.

3) Personnel Experience

Key Personnel Experience will be evaluated to determine the degree of and relevance of experience the Key Personnel possess related to the subject requirements. Evaluation of experience will factor in the length and degree of experience in the relevant technical areas. Please note that, as a condition of contract award and performance, should the contractor wish to substitute proposed Key Personnel in their proposal (or during performance, if after award), the replacement staff must possess education and/or experience equivalent to or exceeding that of the individual(s) being replaced, subject to the approval of the FRA, prior to performance.

Key Personnel must have, as a minimum, the following experience:

A) Project Manager: Five (5) years of construction industry experience, completed three (3) projects of similar size/scope, and completed the 30-hour OSHA Training Course.

B) Safety Coordinator (or company safety officer): Five (5) years of industry experience, with five

(5) projects that encompass a similar scope of preventive maintenance and repairs for backflow preventers equipment utilizing relevant company safety program(s).

C) Licensed Plumber: Five (5) years of industry experience. Include a resume for multiple individuals.

PART 2 – BUSINESS PROPOSAL

1) Price Proposal Form

The proposed pricing shall be a firm fixed price for the work. The Price Proposal Form is required to be completed and signed.

2) Bid Guarantee/Bond

The offeror shall provide a bid guarantee in the amount of not less than 20 percent (not to exceed $3 million) of the proposal price. Failure to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for the due date of the offers, may be cause for rejection of the offer. The bid guarantee shall be in the form of a firm commitment, such as a bond, postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, under Treasury Department regulations, certain bonds, or notes of the United States.

3) Subcontractor Annual Representations & Certifications (SARC), Form SARC

The successful Offeror’s submittal of this completed form will be incorporated in the resultant subcontract. If an offering entity is a joint venture, association, consortia, or partnership, each member entity must submit an individual Representations and Certifications Form.

4) Proposal Certifications, Form PUR-466

All appropriate sections are required to be completed and signed by a company official.

5) Other Documents

The following documents are required to be submitted with the proposal:

• Fermilab Subcontractor Injury & Illness Data Questionnaire (completed and signed).

• Construction Environmental, Safety & Health Certification (CESHC) (completed and signed).

• The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Workers Compensation

Experience Rating form for the past three years.

• Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA) 300 A Form logs for the past three years.

• Corporate Safety and Health Plan (if your company’s plan has not already been accepted by

FRA).

• Sample Certificate of Insurance.